The PC-FX is a 32-bit home video game console developed and designed by NEC that was only released in Japan on 23 December 1994. It is the successor to the PC Engine, also known as TurboGrafx-16 in North America and TurboGrafx in Europe. The following list contains all of the games released for the PC-FX.
Announced in late 1993 and released just a few weeks after the PlayStation and a month after the Sega Saturn in the region, [1] [2] the PC-FX is unique among fifth generation consoles for its computer-like design, full motion video capabilities, and lack of a 3D graphics processor. [3] [4] The system was discontinued in early 1998 and sold only 400,000 units over its lifetime. [5] It was also NEC's last home video game console released to market. The launch titles were Battle Heat!, Sotsugyō II: Neo Generation FX and Team Innocent: The Point of No Return, with its final game released being First Kiss Story .
Listed here are all 62 [a] officially released PC-FX games.
Title | Genre(s) | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Release date |
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Aa! Megami-sama! | Visual Novel | HuneX | NEC Home Electronics | 12 December 1997 |
Akazukin Cha-Cha: Osawagase! Panic Race! | Board game | NEC Home Electronics | NEC Home Electronics | 25 October 1996 |
Albarea no Otome | Adventure, Simulation | Gimmick House, Magical Craft | NEC Home Electronics | 27 June 1997 |
Angelique Special | Adventure, Dating sim | Koei | NEC Home Electronics | 22 December 1995 |
Angelique Special 2 | Adventure, Dating sim | Koei | NEC Home Electronics | 20 December 1996 |
Angelique: Tenkū no Requiem | Role-playing game | Koei | NEC Home Electronics | 2 April 1998 |
Anime Freak FX: Vol.1 | Non-Game, Compilation | HuneX | NEC Home Electronics | 12 August 1995 |
Anime Freak FX: Vol.2 | Non-Game, Compilation | HuneX | NEC Home Electronics | 22 December 1995 |
Anime Freak FX: Vol.3 | Non-Game, Compilation | HuneX | NEC Home Electronics | 5 April 1996 |
Anime Freak FX: Vol.4 | Non-Game, Compilation | HuneX | NEC Home Electronics | 28 February 1997 |
Anime Freak FX: Vol.5 | Non-Game, Compilation | HuneX | NEC Home Electronics | 29 August 1997 |
Anime Freak FX: Vol.6 | Non-Game, Compilation | HuneX | NEC Home Electronics | 27 February 1998 |
Battle Heat! | Fighting | Hudson Soft | Hudson Soft | 23 December 1994 |
Blue Breaker: Ken yori mo Hohoemi o | Role-playing game | HuneX | NEC Home Electronics | 27 September 1996 |
Boundary Gate: Daughter of Kingdom | Role-playing game | Pack-In-Video, Polestar, Studio OX | NEC Home Electronics | 24 January 1997 |
Can Can Bunny Extra DX | Visual novel | Cocktail Soft | Cocktail Soft, NEC Home Electronics | 27 September 1996 |
Chip Chan Kick! | Action | Custom Co., Ltd. | NEC Home Electronics | 13 September 1996 |
Chōjin Heiki Zeroigar | Shoot 'em up | Fupac, Sugeiya Ltd., Winds Co., Ltd. | NEC Home Electronics | 8 August 1997 |
Cocktail Pack | Compilation | Cocktail Soft | NEC Home Electronics | 26 November 1997 |
Comic Road | Life simulation | Studio Offside | NEC Home Electronics | 26 September 1997 |
Cutie Honey FX | Adventure | Data West | NEC Home Electronics | 5 November 1995 |
Der Langrisser FX | Strategy, Tactical role-playing game | Crosstalk Inc., NCS Corporation | NEC Home Electronics | 26 April 1996 |
Dragon Knight 4 | Role-playing game, Strategy | ELF Corporation | NEC Avenue | 28 March 1997 |
Dōkyūsei 2 | Dating sim | ELF Corporation | NEC Avenue | 8 August 1996 |
Farland Story FX | Strategy, Tactical role-playing game | Technical Group Laboratory | NEC Home Electronics | 8 November 1996 |
Fire Woman: Matoi-gumi | Dating Sim, Adventure | HuneX | Tokuma Shoten Publishing | 20 December 1996 |
First Kiss Story | Visual novel | HuneX | NEC Home Electronics | 24 April 1998 |
Fushigi no Kuni no Angelique | Board game | Koei | NEC Home Electronics | 11 October 1996 |
Ginga Ojōsama Densetsu Yuna FX: Kanashimi no Sirene | Adventure, Visual novel | Red Entertainment, Will Co., Ltd. | Hudson | 8 March 1996 |
J.B. Harold Blue Chicago Blues | Adventure, Visual novel | Riverhillsoft | NEC Home Electronics | 22 March 1996 |
Kishin Dōji Zenki FX: Vajra Fight | Action, Beat 'em up | Hudson Soft | Hudson Soft | 22 December 1995 |
Kokū Hyōryū Nirgends | Adventure, Combat flight simulation | Micro Cabin | NEC Home Electronics | 28 June 1996 |
Konpeki no Kantai | Turn-based strategy | Micro Cabin | NEC Home Electronics | 31 March 1995 |
Last Imperial Prince | Action, Role-playing game | Nihon Application | NEC Home Electronics | 14 March 1997 |
Lunatic Dawn FX | Role-playing game | Artdink | NEC Home Electronics | 24 November 1995 |
Mahjong Gokū Tenjiku | Board game | Chat Noir | NEC Home Electronics | 24 March 1995 |
Makeruna! Makendō Z | Role-playing game | Fill-in-Cafe, Sugeiya Ltd. | NEC Home Electronics | 20 March 1998 |
Megami Tengoku II | Life simulation | HuneX | NEC Home Electronics | 26 July 1996 |
Minimum Nanonic | Adventure, Visual novel | Polestar, Studio OX | NEC Home Electronics | 24 October 1997 |
Miraculum: The Last Revelation | Role-playing game | RayForce Inc. | NEC Home Electronics | 29 March 1996 |
Ojōsama Sōsamō | Adventure, Puzzle | Fill-in-Cafe, Headroom | NEC Home Electronics | 31 May 1996 |
Pachio-kun FX: Maboroshi no Shima Daikessen | Casino | Coconuts Japan Entertainment | NEC Home Electronics | 22 September 1995 |
Pia Carrot e Yōkoso | Dating Sim, Eroge, Visual novel | HuneX | Cocktail Soft, NEC Home Electronics | 23 May 1997 |
Power DoLLS FX | Strategy | Kogado Studio | NEC Home Electronics | 23 February 1996 |
Return to Zork | Adventure | Activision, Data West | NEC Home Electronics | 27 May 1995 |
Ruruli Ra Rura | Platform, Puzzle | NEC Home Electronics | NEC Home Electronics | 20 February 1998 |
Shanghai: The Great Wall | Puzzle | Activision | ASK Kodansha | 15 March 1996 |
Sotsugyō II: Neo Generation FX | Life simulation | Headroom, Riverhillsoft, Tenky Co., Ltd. | NEC Home Electronics | 23 December 1994 |
Sotsugyō: Graduation Real | Life simulation | Headroom | NEC Avenue, NEC Home Electronics | 16 January 1998 |
Sparkling Feather | Turn-based strategy | HuneX | NEC Home Electronics | 25 April 1997 |
Super Power League FX | Sports | Hudson Soft | Hudson Soft | 26 April 1996 |
Super Real Mahjong PV | Board game | SETA Corporation | Naxat Soft | 29 March 1996 |
Team Innocent: The Point of No Return | Action, Adventure | Hudson Soft | Hudson Soft | 23 December 1994 |
Tekipaki: Working Love FX | Adventure, Life simulation | Studio Offside | NEC Home Electronics | 27 March 1998 |
Tenchi Muyō!: Ryō-ōki FX | Adventure, Visual novel | AIC Spirits, TamTam | NEC Interchannel | 12 July 1996 |
Tengai Makyō: Dennō Karakuri Kakutōden | Fighting | Produce, Red Entertainment | Hudson Soft | 28 July 1995 |
Tokimeki Card Paradise: Koi no Royal Straight Flush | Casino | Sonnet Computer Entertainment | Sonnet Computer Entertainment | 26 January 1996 |
Tonari no Princess Rolfee! | Adventure, Life simulation | Fupac, Winds Co., Ltd. | NEC Home Electronics | 25 July 1997 |
Voice Paradise | Adventure, Educational | ASK-Kodansha, Fill-in Cafe | NEC Home Electronics | 17 May 1996 |
Wakusei Kōgekitai: Little Cats | Simulation, Strategy | Family Soft | NEC Home Electronics | 4 July 1997 |
Zen-Nihon Joshi Pro Wrestling: Queen of Queens | Fighting, Sports | HuneX | NEC Home Electronics | 24 March 1995 |
Zoku Hatsukoi Monogatari: Shūgaku Ryokō | Dating Sim, Adventure, Visual novel | Tokuma Shoten Intermedia, Winds Co., Ltd. | NEC Home Electronics | 6 June 1996 |
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